I love the fact that George Lucas will now take a back seat. I wonder what had to happen to wrest control out of his hands, considering that he - an editor more than a director or writer - decided to control absolutely everything in the prequels.

Well, I'm not against that. It is a big universe, with lots of stories to tell. I'm just against the artificial stitching together of backstories and retconning that tends to go on in the dotage of a sci-fi author's life. See: Asimov, Heinlein. Universe builders tend to want to see their universes all tied together into some neat ball.

If Disney were to take the Star Wars *mythos*, and make movies just based on that? No problem. If they buy into Lucas' compulsive need to stitch together all possible loose threads, so that we *must* get Skywalkers or Jar Jar Binks or Yoda in every movie? Not so much. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342965#Comment_342965Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:26:21 -0500MagnulusAlan Tyson: YES! Brad Bird!! I do get your point about the indie eaten by the corporation, though. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342968#Comment_342968Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:37:13 -0500Alan TysonDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342969#Comment_342969
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342969#Comment_342969Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:42:56 -0500TF
The thing that gets me is that one of the most successful independent film studios just got eaten by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. That kinda saddens me.

This.

Business wise I see how it works (is Howard the Duck now official Marvel Movie-verse?) and is probably good for all concerned - including the fans, but...

I'm sadby the direction mainstream movies have taken into geek franchise after geek franchise and it seems, according to this article in the New York Times the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences dislike it too... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342973#Comment_342973Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:03:44 -0500oldhat

...seriously though, I'm not sure I like this trend in acquiring set worlds and franchises instead of making new ones, but I guess easy money. As for the Star Wars movies, I probably won't watch 'em as everything after the prequels has felt too much like fanfiction with a budget to me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342977#Comment_342977Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:49:14 -0500Seantaclaus
Coming in 2016: X-MEN VS. THE EMPIRENot in movie form, not unless Disney manages to break FOX's arms to get the movie rights back. So at least you don't have to worry about that one immediately. In movie form. ;) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342978#Comment_342978Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:02:53 -0500Seantaclaus
does have Joss Whedon writing The Avengers movies for them...

(Not that I expect that they'd give him the Star Wars franchise to play with, but damn that would prove interesting if they did...) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342979#Comment_342979Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:16:35 -0500D.J.The internet would explode. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342982#Comment_342982Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:22:08 -0500vandalhandleDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342983#Comment_342983
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342983#Comment_342983Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:27:13 -0500SaintDharma32Mostly, I am glad that Lucas is only on as a creative consultant and not actually directing or writing. It's clear to me that he has grown tired of being known as "The Star Wars Guy" and wants to do other things. And on that, I wish him well, and I can't think of a better way to get that particular monkey off his back than to sell it to Disney. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342987#Comment_342987Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:14:44 -0500ebullientsoulThat Disney is planning to exploit the Star Wars franchise regularly (new trilogy starts 2015, with more movies every two to three years) does not remotely excite me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342989#Comment_342989Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:53:47 -0500Purple Wyrm
Darth Vader's Raiders ...about them. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342992#Comment_342992Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:58:34 -0500D.J.
Hey guys, let's get Pixar to make a Star Wars. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342993#Comment_342993Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:06:14 -0500tapheadI know they're not in the business (yet), but I wonder if Disney might be a good home for Bioware... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342995#Comment_342995Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:33:30 -0500Morac
wholly owned by EA Bioware is, that isn't going to happen. Last I counted, there were eight (8!) different studios under the Bioware brandname, because it's pretty much the only thing that has been generating good will for EA.

Back on topic: Disney has never really done wrong by me. They do come with all the baggage of a giant corporation, but Lucasarts has never exactly been a saint in that regard. Disney knows enough when to let a good team just do its thing, as evidenced by how well Marvel and Pixar have been doing under the fold. When Marvel was bought out there was a similar slew of Disney-Marvel mashups and commentary, but it's pretty much exactly the same now as it was before the buyout, except with a bigger budget for movies (which they have put to very good use). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=342996#Comment_342996Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:55:12 -0500tapheadDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343000#Comment_343000
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343000#Comment_343000Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:40:31 -0500imaginarypeopleDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343001#Comment_343001
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343001#Comment_343001Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:56:12 -0500curbDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343003#Comment_343003
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343003#Comment_343003Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:06:20 -0500Foamhead ]]>
Disney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343004#Comment_343004
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343004#Comment_343004Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:09:37 -0500FlabyoThat doesn't preclude licensing stuff out, Epic Mickey for example, but I wouldn't expect them to do any kind of studio acquisition games wise, and in fact I think they're far more likely to close the games division of LucasArts than keep it going. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343005#Comment_343005Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:30:53 -0500kperkinsDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343006#Comment_343006
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343006#Comment_343006Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:49:33 -0500mister hexA four billion dollar pack of cigarettes. (Close to what Marvel's purchasing price was, if I recall correctly.)

LOSE, YOU SHALL. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343011#Comment_343011Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:19:36 -0500Fauxhammer"Well, what I want to do is rerelease Episode One with more Jar-Jar and Senate debates. That's my vision."

"Yeeeeah, see here's the thing, George. You may not do that. Why don't you leave the grown-up decisions to us, and you can go wallow in your money pool." ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343017#Comment_343017Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:37:21 -0500William Joseph DunnDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343018#Comment_343018
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343027#Comment_343027Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:35:17 -0500KeeperofManyNamesAlso, I wonder if some of the hesitation with this from one demographic of nerddom comes from the dire period where Disney was surviving by releasing straight to video sequels to all their classic films. Perhaps the deep traumatic memories of Cinderella 3 are making some people overly cautious about this change. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343028#Comment_343028Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:38:41 -0500William Joseph DunnDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343029#Comment_343029
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343029#Comment_343029Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:46:44 -0500Alan TysonDisney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one more movie. That's the end of that particular cash cow for them, so I wonder if they're going back to the farm to try and get another one. Remember that ILM is where Pixar started (mostly). I think ILM would be a better long-term ivnestment for Disney than even a franchise as popular and successful as Star Wars. Think of all the other studios who come to ILM for their effects - now they'll be coming, at least in part, to Disney. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343031#Comment_343031Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:33:54 -0500RenThingDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343032#Comment_343032
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343032#Comment_343032Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:37:20 -0500FlabyoDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343037#Comment_343037
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343037#Comment_343037Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:27:56 -0500DavidLejeune
Disney is losing Pixar in, I believe, one more movie.Nope. Pixar is a wholly owned subsidiary. 'Cars' was originally the last movie Pixar was going to do for Disney, and then Steve Jobs sold his controlling share of Pixar over, but cut some crazy deal that gave Pixar complete creative control over their films and made John Lasseter Disney Animation's Chief Creative Officer.

That doesn't preclude licensing stuff out, Epic Mickey for example,

Epic Mickey wasn't licensed out. Junction Point is owned by Disney Interactive. Disney Interactive has actually been pulling a lot of the licenses back in-house (there will probably never be a Pixar tie-in game developed or published by a third party again, for example). The thing about LucasArts is that they haven't really been doing a lot in-house development themselves lately (I think the Monkey Island Special Editions were their most recent 100% in-house releases), they've just been a licensing house. It's probably going to be business as usual for them for the foreseeable. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343039#Comment_343039Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:08:22 -0500RenThingDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343071#Comment_343071
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343071#Comment_343071Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:35:38 -0500Michael WayneNumber one, Lucas is crap at heroic dialogue. That doesn't matter if your story is serious enough. But if you want us to believe the fate of the galaxy lies in the hands of three kids and an old guy with flashy swords, you had BETTER wow us with dialogue that at least resembles the conversations young people who might not survive would actually have. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343078#Comment_343078Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:55:48 -0500Ben Klumaster
"I hate sand, it gets everywhere. But your skin is soft." ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343089#Comment_343089Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:16:44 -0500RenThing
George Lucas is going to spend $4 billion on funding education. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343101#Comment_343101Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:14:58 -0500oldhat[/hrumph] ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343107#Comment_343107Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:21:07 -0500RenThingDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343110#Comment_343110
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343111#Comment_343111Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:56:39 -0500kmcleodDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343190#Comment_343190
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343190#Comment_343190Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:29:52 -0500256Disney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343192#Comment_343192
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343192#Comment_343192Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:57:33 -0500William Joseph Dunn"Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought Lucasfilm for one thing, and one thing only: the Star Wars property.

But Lucasfilm’s business also includes other components such as Skywalker Sound and the visual effects studio Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). The fate of these entities remains unknown and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future.

For example, what to make of ILM’s promising start as a producer of animated features? Don’t forget that ILM’s first original film Rango won an Oscar earlier this year for Best Animated Feature. But Disney already owns its own feature animation studio as well as Pixar. It hardly needs a third studio, especially one that offers an original take on computer animation that could make the work of its other studios look formulaic by comparison. In other words, it’s a likely bet that ILM won’t be making any more animated features of its own.

The rest here:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disneylucasfilm-what-does-it-mean-72685.html ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343195#Comment_343195Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:07:26 -0500ArgosDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343196#Comment_343196
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343196#Comment_343196Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:16:01 -0500William Joseph DunnI work in animation so I had probably a different immediate take on this news than some who do not. Most had a "Good! Lucas fucked up the prequels, so I'm glad this is happening", instead of "one of the largest independent movie studios is no longer independent".

I'm curious what Dark Horse is going to do without the Star Wars comics. Also, I think the future of Clone Wars on Cartoon Network is doubtful. My guess if there will be more seasons of CW, it might end up on Disney XD or another Disney owned network. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343197#Comment_343197Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:20:22 -0500Jason A. QuestIt's kind of like when Jim Lee sold WildStorm to DC: nice for him, I suppose, but seeing a creator's artistic vision replaced by a legacy corporation's control... isn't something that excites me in a good way. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343200#Comment_343200Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:29:42 -0500TFI always thought ILM was the business George cared about, a way to be in movies and the technology of moving images without having to... work. I always looked at the Star Wars prequels as being a tool that provided ILM with the R'n'D budget to develop new CG techniques/abilities (Scale, move the camera, textures/fur etc.) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343203#Comment_343203Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:27:05 -0500Flxzr
didn't have effects done by ILM it was like the end of an era. Suddenly people were talking about Weta as the power-house in visual effects. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343205#Comment_343205Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:30:28 -0500kmcleodDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343209#Comment_343209
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343209#Comment_343209Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:46:02 -0500FlabyoGames is the same, people endlessly talk about how studio X needs to recapture it's glory, when the bulk of it's glory actually comes from team Y who've all long since left to work for studio Z...

If Disney don't want ILM? Then the good people will go elsewhere. Sure, no other studio has the same name recognition with the public, but they're not selling their services to the public, they're selling them to Hollywood, and they know it's people not company. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343221#Comment_343221Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:45:27 -0500DavidLejeuneDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343308#Comment_343308
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343308#Comment_343308Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:07:24 -0600SteadyUP
specifically stated that "Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343334#Comment_343334Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:37:28 -0600MoracDisney Eats a Lucasfilmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343618#Comment_343618
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343618#Comment_343618Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:01:10 -0600OddcultOld Carrie Fisher with Jedi powers and a lightsabre being badass? Not directed by Lucas?

Sort of want. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343896#Comment_343896Sun, 11 Nov 2012 07:26:11 -0600Scribe
"Disney does not want to change anything about how they operate." For what that's worth.

Just like Rupert Murdick did not want to change the Wall Street Journal when he wanted to buy it, but he did.

I break down the sale like this -

Lucas is pushing 70 and looking for retirement. He has three children, only one, Katie Lucas, has an active role in the company. Katie is one of the writers for Clone Wars. His other daughter is an MMA fighter and his son is just turning 18. It's obvious that Amanda has no interest in the company and Jett's interests are unclear.

Lucas has always felt a responsibility to his community and the world at large. He does a lot of philanthropic work and has been known to give away parts of his technology for free providing that they are used for human advancement and well-being.

So I put the general breakdown like this, he wants out of the game and time to enjoy life. He also wants to give away large portions of his money, and when he dies, money is much easier to break into three pieces than control of a company. Plus, if the next three movies get screwed up, then he can say that it wasn't his fault, and if they are great he can say that he was a genius for selling it to Disney.

Personally, I wish he would have picked any other company besides Disney. In my honest opinion, Disney is one of the most evil corporations in this world. If I had to guess why, it's because of the tie-in opportunities. Disney might be the only company that can compete with George when it comes to selling movie tie-ins, and I am sure that George kept a back end deal in place for merchandise sales. If he didn't then he was an idiot to sell for 4 billion. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10885&Focus=343940#Comment_343940Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:52:42 -0600256
Apparently, the directory of the next Star Wars movie will be Michael Arndt. Arndt wrote the screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine, rewrote Toy Story 3, and is writing the next Hunger Games movie. The above link claims that "Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas have begun story conferences with Arndt", potentially dashing hopes that the franchise will escape the Lucas Touch.